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+12 Elective Recommendation for IB 1 6mo
+72 HKU vs UK Target & Semi Target 67 6mo
+7 SMU on the rise 2 6mo
+11 SMU or TAMU 3 6mo
+24 LSE MSc A&F vs HEC MIF - Admission Decision 12 7mo
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+108 US Undergraduate University Tier Rankings 2023 - Backed by Data 54 7mo
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+11 LSE A&F vs ESSEC MiF 9 8mo
+32 Thoughts on SMU Spindletop 4 11mo
+31 Texas Undergrad Ranking 44 11mo
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+14 school choice 9 11mo
+14 Fordham versus UMD banking and overall experience 11 12mo
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+3 Undergrad for NYC IB - Syracuse Vs. Bucknell Vs. Lehigh Vs. SMU 1 1y
+4 Oxford vs Darden 3 1y
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0 Work culture 1 1y
+29 Target School Prestige in Hong Kong 25 1y
+11 MSc Finance 2023 9 1y
+76 Undergraduate Decision 44 1y
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+13 Help me choose undergrad business school... 3 1y
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+184 Undergraduate Target Schools Tier List (2021 Updates) 94 1y
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+26 American wants HEC Paris MBA + live/work in Europe 20 1y
+27 LBS MiM/INSEAD MiM /HEC MiM /ESCP/HSG Macfin 5 1y
+15 Investment Banks target schools? 4 1y
+9 BB S&T(Sales) in Asia vs. T-15 University Endowment Fund 3 1y
+15 Cambridge vs Duke (Undergrad) 2 1y
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+303 A Definitive Prestige Tier List of Everything 60 1y
+112 Target Schools For Consulting Megathread 109 1y
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+10 One-Year MBA 2 1y
+13 MIM at LBS or INSEAD? 7 1y
+9 Attention all bankers in Texas- Houston, Dallas, Ft Worth, San Antonio, Etc... 3 1y
+25 How awful of an idea would it be to do an MFin in Japan? 5 1y
+32 Which school should I appliy to if I want to work in IB in the future 19 1y
+8 RSM vs CBS vs Smith vs SMU 2 1y
+9 Transfer from nontarget LAC 2 1y
+63 Southern Methodist Uni (SMU) 42 1y
+11 How to line myself up for Stanford/Harvard/Wharton MBA going into analyst years 1 1y
+7 Exchange University List Ranking / Need your advice 9 1y
+71 Sorry, you're all wrong about SMU. 41 1y
+27 More accurate School tiers 12 1y
+9 MSF program Choice and deferred MBA pre 2 1y
+9 Transfer Decision Help 12 1y
+18 Worst CV which managed to break into IB at a BB 8 1y
+9 I am going to Rochester's MSF program and people tell me that its job placement is terrible. Please share a bit of your insight on this. 1 1y
+2,169 Ask Alex at MBA Apply 1,274 1y
+23 UT Dallas MSF 15 1y
+411 Dark side of INSEAD - how the school destroyed the life of one MBA 84 1y
+56 Best MSc Finance programs in UK / Europe 56 1y
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+16 Deleted 4 1y
+6 Master in Finance - ESSEC ($) vs. Finance & Accounting - Imperial 1 1y
+9 Stopgap masters degree before MBA 1 1y
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